Introduction
Grandmaster Dmitry Andreikin, known online as FairChess_on_YouTube, is a world-class blitz predator. While his over the board credentials are impeccable, his online playground tells the story of a player who simply refuses to take a draw. With a peak blitz rating of 3284 (2025-09-30) and enough marathon sessions to make a chess server sweat, Andreikin has turned fast internet chess into a personal art form.
Blitz Kingdom
Andreikin lives for the fast clock. His blitz graph reads like a rocket launch:
. From his early 2400s in 2013 to sustained 3100-plus territory in the mid 2020s, he consistently outruns opponents who blink first.- Peak Blitz rating: 3284 (2025-09-30)
- Peak Bullet rating: 3310 (2020-10-04)
- Peak Rapid rating: 2811 (2022-07-02)
His opening performance chart shows where the damage is done:
.Playing Style
Andreikin is not a waiting-game specialist. Armed with a sharp Sicilian Defense repertoire and a love for the unapologetic Diemer-Duhm Gambit, he steers every game toward chaos and then calmly outcalculates the survivors.
His stats back up the aggression: a 30 game winning streak, a comeback rate near 89 percent, and a 60 percent win rate even after losing a piece. He checks early, he checks often, and his rook is his favorite messenger.
Signature Repertoire
With the white pieces, Andreikin happily enters the Diemer-Duhm Gambit and the Caro-Kann Defense as an attacker. With black, he leans on the Alapin Variation against the Sicilian and shows a soft spot for the Queen's Gambit Declined in slower online fights. The common thread is pressure from move one.
Online Rivalries
The leaderboard elite know his handle well. His most frequent opponent is Alireza Firouzja, followed closely by Hikaru Nakamura and Daniel Naroditsky. Against these giants, Andreikin has traded blows in hundreds of blitz and bullet battles, sometimes winning, sometimes grinding, always playing for the full point.
Quirks and Numbers
- Best day to face him? Tuesday. Worst idea? Playing him at 21:00, his peak hour.
- He almost never resigns early, and he converts wins in an average of about 80 moves.
- His longest losing streak is nine games, which for a 3200-level blitz player is just a warmup.